# THE WHEELS PROJECT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1084227
- **Other names:** WHEELS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 21, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1084227


## Contact

- **Address:** Unit 4, Prince Consort Industrial Estate, HEBBURN
- **Postcode:** NE31 1EH
- **Phone:** 01914839483
- **Email:** info@wheelsproject.co.uk
- **Website:** www.wheelsproject.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTIVES OF THE WHEELS PROJECT ARE:A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF LESS ACADEMICALLY MINDED YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING HANDS ON TRAINING IN MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION (PAINTING AND DECORATING, JOINERY, ELECTRICS, PLUMBING AND BRICK LAYING).B)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, LIFE SKILLS AND TRAINING WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,  CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.C)THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF TEAM WORK TO FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

**Activities:** We provide the AQA unit award scheme in three fields, basic car/motorcycle maintenance, construction and hair & beauty to disadvantaged children aged between 12 and 18yrs. The students, will gain recognized certificates/qualifications to take them further with their future.We also incorporate life skills and team building within these units, again to give the students a good start to their future.

**Area of benefit:** SOUTH TYNESIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Durham
- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £193010 | £180940 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £187445 | £170199 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £131975 | £129725 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £138604 | £124444 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £72868 | £76814 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ALAN RICE** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 1, 2014
- Christopher Bushell Chris — appointed May 5, 2016
- Danny Richardson — appointed Aug. 18, 2016
- Glenn Merton — appointed May 5, 2016
- Lewis Ridley — appointed Sept. 9, 2020
- Richard Sawyer Dicky — appointed April 5, 2016